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Australian (ASX) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 20, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies6
  • 7D0.1%
  • 3M-4.8%
  • 1Y-6.1%
  • YTD-0.5%

In the last week, Food and Staples Retail has been flat. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 6.1% in the last year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 18% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Australian Food and Staples Retail Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 20 Jan 2025AU$74.6bAU$147.0bAU$2.1b22.6x36.1x0.5x
Wed, 18 Dec 2024AU$75.5bAU$147.0bAU$2.1b22.3x36.5x0.5x
Fri, 15 Nov 2024AU$72.3bAU$146.9bAU$2.1b19.2x34.3x0.5x
Sun, 13 Oct 2024AU$79.0bAU$146.9bAU$2.1b20.1x37.5x0.5x
Tue, 10 Sep 2024AU$82.0bAU$146.9bAU$2.1b19.1x39x0.6x
Thu, 08 Aug 2024AU$80.4bAU$142.8bAU$1.9b19x42.7x0.6x
Sat, 06 Jul 2024AU$78.9bAU$142.8bAU$1.9b18.3x41.9x0.6x
Mon, 03 Jun 2024AU$75.3bAU$142.8bAU$1.9b18x39.6x0.5x
Wed, 01 May 2024AU$76.4bAU$143.9bAU$2.1b17.1x37.2x0.5x
Fri, 29 Mar 2024AU$79.1bAU$143.9bAU$2.1b17.3x38.5x0.5x
Sun, 25 Feb 2024AU$76.0bAU$142.4bAU$2.1b16x36.4x0.5x
Tue, 23 Jan 2024AU$80.0bAU$140.9bAU$3.7b18.4x21.6x0.6x
Thu, 21 Dec 2023AU$80.6bAU$140.9bAU$3.7b17.5x21.8x0.6x
Sat, 18 Nov 2023AU$77.7bAU$141.2bAU$3.8b16.7x20.6x0.6x
Mon, 16 Oct 2023AU$81.2bAU$141.2bAU$3.8b17.9x21.5x0.6x
Wed, 13 Sep 2023AU$82.5bAU$141.2bAU$3.8b18.1x21.9x0.6x
Fri, 11 Aug 2023AU$86.6bAU$138.8bAU$4.0b19.7x21.9x0.6x
Sun, 09 Jul 2023AU$87.5bAU$138.8bAU$4.0b20.1x22.1x0.6x
Tue, 06 Jun 2023AU$86.2bAU$138.8bAU$3.9b20.3x21.9x0.6x
Thu, 04 May 2023AU$88.2bAU$138.1bAU$4.0b20.9x22.1x0.6x
Sat, 01 Apr 2023AU$87.4bAU$138.1bAU$4.0b21.6x21.9x0.6x
Mon, 27 Feb 2023AU$87.1bAU$138.1bAU$4.0b21.7x21.9x0.6x
Wed, 25 Jan 2023AU$82.7bAU$135.8bAU$3.7b21.9x22.4x0.6x
Fri, 23 Dec 2022AU$81.9bAU$135.8bAU$3.7b21.6x22.1x0.6x
Sun, 20 Nov 2022AU$83.2bAU$135.3bAU$3.7b21.5x22.5x0.6x
Tue, 18 Oct 2022AU$81.0bAU$134.2bAU$3.7b21.2x22.2x0.6x
Thu, 15 Sep 2022AU$83.9bAU$134.2bAU$3.7b21.2x22.9x0.6x
Sat, 13 Aug 2022AU$91.2bAU$130.7bAU$3.5b25.3x26.4x0.7x
Mon, 11 Jul 2022AU$89.2bAU$130.7bAU$3.5b24.6x25.8x0.7x
Wed, 08 Jun 2022AU$83.6bAU$130.0bAU$3.5b23.5x24.2x0.6x
Fri, 06 May 2022AU$91.6bAU$128.7bAU$3.3b24.8x28.1x0.7x
Sun, 03 Apr 2022AU$88.3bAU$128.7bAU$3.3b24x27.1x0.7x
Tue, 01 Mar 2022AU$84.8bAU$128.7bAU$3.3b23.3x26x0.7x
Thu, 27 Jan 2022AU$80.0bAU$126.1bAU$3.4b21.6x23.8x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

23.8x


Total Market Cap: AU$80.0bTotal Earnings: AU$3.4bTotal Revenue: AU$126.1bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Australian Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 27.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Australian Consumer Retailing industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 36.1x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 27.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.60x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have declined 15% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 5.2% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Australian Consumer Staples industry?

AU Market0.10%
Consumer Staples0.17%
Food and Staples Retail0.14%
Food Retail0.14%
Food Distributors0.13%
Drug Retail0%0
Big Box Super Stores0%0
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 31.5x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 18.3%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 3.2% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Food Distributors industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 12.0x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Food Retail industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 18% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 3.2% per year.
  • In contrast, the Food Distributors industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 10% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
COL Coles GroupAU$19.192.0%
+AU$507.6m
21.9%PE22.7x
WOW Woolworths GroupAU$30.190.3%
+AU$109.8m
-16.5%PE341x
EDV Endeavour GroupAU$4.181.5%
+AU$107.4m
-23.3%PE14.6x
MTS MetcashAU$3.111.0%
+AU$32.9m
-12.4%PE13.2x
GNC GrainCorpAU$7.361.0%
+AU$15.5m
-3.7%PE26.4x
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